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Re: Motherboard for beginner/experiment?
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jose4cc
on 01/03/2018, 14:14:27 UTC
Thanks everybody.
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Motherboard for beginner/experiment?
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jose4cc
on 01/03/2018, 00:25:37 UTC
Hi,

As a experiment/learning experience I got a Gigabyte H110M-A motherboard (https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H110M-A-rev-10#ov) for running a "lab" with only 2 GPUs.

Should it work? ie: I guess as long as my PSU is big enough and I have the PCIe risers, any motherboard with PCIe connectors can be used.

Is that correct? thanks.


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Re: Multi-rail PSU? how to properly setup
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jose4cc
on 28/02/2018, 18:47:34 UTC
It's simple as... you know what... Just connect one rail to one GPU and thats it. It also depends on how much power can be drawn from one 12V rail, for example if your multi-rail PSU has 20 amps per rail at 12V it may deliver 12*20 = ~240 Watts of power.

So... do I connect one rail (cable from PSU) to each riser/video card combination?
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Multi-rail PSU? how to properly setup
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jose4cc
on 28/02/2018, 18:15:50 UTC
Hi,

I have a mini-rig for experiements.

Two GPUs (RX570) with a small motherboard (Gigabyte H110M-A) and risers.

I have these risers: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B076KLJR2Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

My PSU is a Corsair 850i. It comes setup for multi-rail operation by default (it can be changed to single rail).

So, how should I connect this (power)? more importantly, how should I  NOT connect this? (ie: what would be unsafe/wrong).

My plan is to use using PCIe cable and plug the two risers in it (use the 6 PIN power plug in the risers), and use individual PCIe cables for each video card. Is there a way to test the risers before actually plugging the video cards in them?

My understanding is that that should be safe (all power is coming from the same PSU, even though they are different rails).

Please advise. Thanks.